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But why keep them if they are going to be doing useless work? In the hopes they get bored and move internally to different project?
by progbits 5y ago
But why keep them if they are going to be doing useless work? In the hopes they get bored and move internally to different project?
- uvdn7 5y agoIt’s not entirely useless. It costs big companies little to make this type of investments to avoid a potential big miss longer term (think of IBM, Nokia, etc.) Big companies are paranoid about missing the next big thing, so it makes sense to invest in a lot of things.
- xnx 5y agoSometimes having someone do useless work for you is better than having them do useful work for a competitors.